Michael Howard and Clausewitz. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Strachan, Hew
• Is Part Of: Journal of strategic studies. Volume 45:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 143
• Page End: 160
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Michael Howard -- Peter Paret -- Carl von Clausewitz -- war -- limited war -- civil-military relations; Strategy -- Periodicals; Military policy -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; 355.005
• DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2022.2031994
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-2390

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The English translation of Carl von Clausewitz's On War by Michael Howard and Peter Paret has had a major impact on how Clausewitz is read today, especially in the United States and Britain. Howard in particular was determined to make Clausewitz doubly relevant – as one soldier speaking to other soldiers and as an author whose views on war had continuing purchase. However, the result is a text which, in reflecting the issues of its day, is not fully reflective of what Clausewitz himself said and has itself become dated.